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BERLIN – Germany’s interior minister on Tuesday called on his European Union colleagues to agree on a better and fairer solution for the distribution of rescued migrants as they attempt to cross the Mediterranean. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said before a video conference with his EU counterparts that all European …

NEW YORK – Iranian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, said that the United States will once again listen to the world supporting the July 2015 nuclear deal at the UN Security Council meeting on Tuesday. Ravanchi made the remarks in an interview in New …

BRUSSELS – Asylum claims to the European Union (EU) rose for the first time last year since the 2015 migration crisis, according to the latest report from the European Asylum Support Office (EASO). The EASO report shows that migration trends in the EU vary considerably from country to country and …

WASHINGTON – The United States President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would likely send some U.S. troops from Germany to Poland during his joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda. Duda, the first foreign leader to visit the United States since the coronavirus outbreak, told the conference …

WASHINGTON – The United States will not allow Iran to buy Russian or Chinese fighter jets, regardless of whether the UN extends the arms embargo to the Islamic Republic in October, BulgarianMilitary.com learned, citing the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, the statement on June 23. Pompeo noted that ending …

WASHINGTON – The United States lobbied China on Wednesday for its treatment of Muslim Uighurs and Hong Kong as the two powers held firm in high-level talks in Hawaii over mounting tensions. US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, met with a senior Chinese official, Yang Jiechi, at a Honolulu military …

WASHINGTON – The United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would halve the number of U.S. troops in Germany because Berlin is “delinquent” in contributions to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and treats the United States “badly” on trade. “Germany is criminal, they have been criminal …

BERLIN – Germany and France were among those who reopened borders. But the right to travel will depend on where you live and where you go, DW reported Monday. Several European countries reopened their borders for EU travellers on Monday after nearly three months of restrictions and blockages of coronavirus. …

WASHINGTON – German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend an in-person summit of G7 leaders that US President Donald Trump has suggested he will host despite concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, the Politico website quoted her spokesman as saying on Friday. Leaders from the Group of Seven, which the United …

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, on Thursday dismissed U.S. threats as “foolish claims” to trigger a return of all U.N. sanctions if the U.N. Security Council is not extending an arms embargo on Tehran. The U.S. special envoy for Iran, Brian Hook, on Wednesday publicly confirmed the …